I did try to write a spec script for a while (for TNG, not VOY), and thought I had Picard's speech pattern pretty close. But every time I'd start an idea, about a month or so later there'd be a preview for next week's show that had an element I was working on, and I'd have to start over. Finally gave up.

I did try to write a spec script for a while (for TNG, not VOY), and thought I had Picard's speech pattern pretty close.

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At first I thought you meant to type Picardo. But then I remembered that Beverly would never allow an EMH in her sickbay again.

That reminds me of a hilarious bit of trivia I once read. (You've probably heard it already, but I'm going to tell it anyway.) Apparently, during the filming of "Message in a Bottle", Andy Dick was chatting with Picardo, and he said, "So, Picardo... That's a lot like Picard. Do people ever give you a hard time about that?" Picardo replied, "Your name is Andy Dick, and you're making fun of my name?" And Andy Dick just started laughing.

I did try to write a spec script for a while (for TNG, not VOY), and thought I had Picard's speech pattern pretty close.

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At first I thought you meant to type Picardo. But then I remembered that Beverly would never allow an EMH in her sickbay again.

That reminds me of a hilarious bit of trivia I once read. (You've probably heard it already, but I'm going to tell it anyway.) Apparently, during the filming of "Message in a Bottle", Andy Dick was chatting with Picardo, and he said, "So, Picardo... That's a lot like Picard. Do people ever give you a hard time about that?" Picardo replied, "Your name is Andy Dick, and you're making fun of my name?" And Andy Dick just started laughing.

That reminds me of a hilarious bit of trivia I once read. (You've probably heard it already, but I'm going to tell it anyway.) Apparently, during the filming of "Message in a Bottle", Andy Dick was chatting with Picardo, and he said, "So, Picardo... That's a lot like Picard. Do people ever give you a hard time about that?" Picardo replied, "Your name is Andy Dick, and you're making fun of my name?" And Andy Dick just started laughing.

Yeah, he's pretty great. Also, that whole scene where the Doctor tells the Mark II to stop breathing down his neck, and the Mark II says his breathing is just a simulation, to which the Doc replies, "So is my neck, stop it anyway" was written by Picardo.

I can't imagine anyone else could have played the EMH so brilliantly. God, what if Picardo had been cast as Neelix instead? I can't even wrap my head around that.

When I first saw "Caretaker" with Jeff McCarthy's cameo as the human doctor, I twas sort of hoping he was going to be a regular as I always liked his work. Picardo was an excellent job of casting though, even if the EMH had been human.